Engineering materials:

design and processes

Introduction
Stiffness-limited
design
Stiffness-limited design
Standard solutions to elastic problems
Standard solutions to elastic problems:
Elastic extension or compression
Standard solutions to elastic problems:
Elastic bending of beams
Standard solutions to elastic problems:
Elastic bending of beams
Standard solutions to elastic problems:
Elastic bending of beams
Standard solutions to elastic problems:
Torsion of shafts
Standard solutions to elastic problems:
Torsion of shafts
Standard solutions to elastic problems:
Buckling of columns and plates
Standard solutions to elastic problems:
Vibrating beams and plates
Material indices for elastic design
 Material indices for elastic design
Minimizing weight: a light, stiff tie-rod
 Material indices for elastic design
Minimizing weight: a light, stiff tie-rod

Objective function:

Constraint:
 Material indices for elastic design
Minimizing weight: a light, stiff panel
 Material indices for elastic design
Minimizing weight: a light, stiff panel

Objective function:

Constraint:
 Material indices for elastic design
Minimizing weight: a light, stiff beam
 Material indices for elastic design
Minimizing weight: a light, stiff beam

Objective function:

Constraint:
 Material indices for elastic design
Minimizing weight: a light, stiff beam

Changing the shape

just changes the
constant C1, not the
index.
 Material indices for elastic design
Minimizing weight: a light, stiff beam

Shape factor
I/Isq
 Material indices for elastic design
Minimizing weight: a light, stiff beam
Material indices for elastic design
Minimizing cost
Plotting limits and indices on charts
Screening: attribute limits on charts
Plotting limits and indices on charts
Ranking: indices on charts
Plotting limits and indices on charts
Ranking: indices on charts
Plotting limits and indices on charts
Computer-aided selection
 Case studies
Light levers for corkscrews
 Case studies
Light levers for corkscrews
 Case studies
Cost: Structural materials for buildings
 Case studies
Cost: Structural materials for buildings
 Case studies
Cost: Structural materials for buildings
 Case studies
Cost: Structural materials for buildings
Beyond elasticity:
Plasticity, yielding
and ductility
Strength, plastic work and ductility
Strength, plastic work and ductility
Strength, plastic work and ductility
Strength, plastic work and ductility
 Charts for yield strength
The strength-density chart
 Charts for yield strength
The modulus-strength chart
The origins of strength and ductility
Perfection: the ideal strength
The origins of strength and ductility
Perfection: the ideal strength
The origins of strength and ductility
Perfection: the ideal strength
The origins of strength and ductility
Perfection: the ideal strength
 The origins of strength and ductility
Crystalline imperfection: defects (met/cer)
The origins of strength and ductility
Dislocations and plastic flow
The origins of strength and ductility
Dislocations and plastic flow
The origins of strength and ductility
Dislocations and plastic flow
The origins of strength and ductility
Dislocations and plastic flow